Science Explorer: Motion, Forces, and Energy: Student Edition and Adapted Reading and Study Workbook (NATL)

Education & Teaching

PEPE, Phil

Schools & Teaching

Prentice-Hall / Official NBA Library

Only one man, Bud Harrelson, can say he was in uniform for both New York Mets world championships: as the shortstop who anchored the infield of the 1969 "Miracle Mets" and then as the third-base coach for the storied 1986 team. In Turning Two, Harrelson delivers a team memoir as he takes fans through the early seasons, sudden success, lean years, and return to glory. 
Born on D-day 1944, the Alameda County, California, native made his Major League debut with the Mets in 1965. At 147 pounds he was the team's Everyman---a Gold Glove, All-Star shortstop who won the hearts of fans with his sparkling defensive skills and trademark brand of gritty, scrappy baseball. Harrelson recalls how the gentle yet firm guidance of manager Gil Hodges shaped a stunning success story in ‘69. Bud remembers the game's legends he played with and against, including Hall of Famers Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Roberto Clemente, Bob Gibson (against whom he compiled a .333 career batting average), and his idol, Willie Mays---Harrelson's teammate on the 1973 "Ya Gotta Believe" team. Harrelson writes of his famous fight with Pete Rose in the playoffs that autumn as the Mets upset the Cincinnati Reds to win the National League pennant and squared off against the mighty Oakland A's in a dramatic seven-game World Series. After retiring as a player, Bud returned to Shea Stadium as Davey Johnson's third-base coach in 1985 and waved Ray Knight home for the winning run in the unforgettable Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. 
Harrelson takes us in the dugout and on the field as he tells thrilling tales from his career and speaks candidly of the state of the game today. Turning Two is the ideal souvenir from the first half-century of the New York Mets---and from the pre-steroid era when players played the game the right way and did the little things to help their teams win.
Bud Harrelson in Turning Two On Gil Hodges
"Hodges accomplished his goal with compassion and a gentle hand and attained discipline simply by being such an imposing physical specimen. He rarely lost his temper, but on the few occasions that he did, you can bet he got our attention."
On Battling at the Plate
"I have always said I'll take God to three-and-two and take my chances. I might foul two off before He gave me ball four."
On 1969
"Torre hit a smash to me at short and I'm thinking, Don't screw up the throw; don't rush it. I knew I could catch it. I just wanted to be sure to make a good, firm throw right at the chest of Al Weis at second base. I tossed it to Weis and he turned it over to Clendenon at first for the double play and we had won the Mets' first title. We were the first champions of the National League East."
On Playing with Willie Mays
"I reached up to catch the ball and as I did, I stepped on Willie's foot. Oh, no!
‘Hey, Pee Wee, what are you doing out here?' he squealed.
‘I didn't hear anything,' I said.
‘I don't call for the ball,' he said.
‘Well,' I said, ‘if you don't want to get stepped on again, you better start calling for it.'
The next time he was in center field and there was a pop fly, he called for it."
On Tom Seaver to M. Donald Grant
"Mr. Grant, you know why we're doing so well? See that little guy in the corner over there"---and he was pointing right at me---"that guy whose salary you cut? He's the reason we're winning."
On Game 6
"I leaned over to Mitchell and reminded him to be alert and be ready to take off if Stanley threw one in the dirt."

Turning Two: My Journey to the Top of the World and Back with the New York Mets

Harrelson, Bud

Biographies & Memoirs

Thomas Dunne Books

Reissued to tie-in with spring training and the beginning of baseball season. Three-time MVP, Hall of Famer, and pennant-winning manager in both leagues, Yogi Berra is one of the all-time greats of the game--and one of the funniest! Includes a glossary of hilarious "Berraisms." Photographs.

The Wit and Wisdom of Yogi Berra

Sports & Outdoors

Baseball

St Martins Pr

Baseball in the 1970s--remember how awesome it was? It was a decade of heroes and upsets and dramatic freeze-frame moments. Never had the game been more exciting. Never did it change so radically. In this wonderful oral history, veteran sportswriter Phil Pepe brings one incredible baseball decade back to life in the words of the guys who played--and lived--the game. Hear union leader Marvin Miller recount St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood's monumental challenge of the iron-clad reserve clause, and the dawning of the age of free agency. Ron Blomberg recalls his time at bat as the game's first Designated Hitter. Earl Weaver and Brooks Robinson describe the Orioles dismantling of The Big Red Machine. Ralph Houk and Rusty Staub relive the actions and antics of Tigers rookie sensation Mark "The Bird" Fidrych. And Diane Munson shares her heart about her husband, Yankee captain Thurman Munson, after he died in a tragic plane crash. It was the first time a player ever earned a million bucks. Hank Aaron became the all-time home run king. Electronic scoreboards blazed against the night sky. Fans screamed "Ya gotta believe" and sang "We Are Family." All this happened in one amazing decade--and it's all right here in one stupendous book. The memories and the marvels of more than forty voices, from Bernie Carbo, Rennie Stennett, and Mike Torrez, to Tom Seaver, George Steinbrenner, and Reggie Jackson--Phil Pepe weaves their recollections into one of the most enjoyable baseball books ever written.

Talkin' Baseball: An Oral History of Baseball in the 1970s

History

Ballantine Books

The Incredible Knicks

Popular Library

Stand Tall: The Lew Alcindor Story.

Basketball

Putnam Pub. Group

Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Tempo Books

Lists contributed by individuals including Rex Reed, Frank Sinatra, Edwin Newman, and Johnny Unitas offer opinions, facts, and trivia on every field and aspect of sports

Book of Sports Lists

Pinnacle Books, Inc.

Die Arbeit untersucht die Behandlung von Geruechten als unsicheren Informationen im Kapitalmarktrecht. Dazu werden zunaechst psychologische und soziologische sowie oekonomische Erkenntnisse zu Geruechten allgemein und Kapitalmarktgeruechten im Besonderen betrachtet. Daran anknuepfend werden uebergeordnete rechtspolitische Ueberlegungen angestellt. Es folgt ein Blick darauf, wie Geruechte ausserhalb des Kapitalmarktrechts rechtlich eingeordnet werden. Kern der Arbeit ist die Behandlung von Geruechten im Insiderrecht, bei der Ad-hoc-Publizitaet, im Rahmen des Marktmanipulationsverbots sowie bei den Tatbestaenden der Handelsaussetzung de lege lata. Zudem werden Ueberlegungen angestellt, wie die kapitalmarktrechtliche Behandlung von Geruechten de lege ferenda verbessert werden koennte.

Talkin' Baseball

Random House Value Publishing

Whitey Ford tells the story of his rise from the sandlots of New York to national prominence at Yankee Stadium, describing events from the Yankee past and the golden age of baseball

Slick: My Life in and Around Baseball

Ford, Whitey

Regional U.S.

William Morrow & Co.

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